Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Post-individualism
All this to say, being abandoned is not trivial. Not only having divorced parents, but being cut off from community, from culture, from all sources of support. Maybe it means more to you than you are letting on. Feel it, grieve it. Then turn that disappointment into determination. Nothing’s guaranteed, but we can take the pain and put every inch of
... See moreFreya India • The Age of Abandonment
The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.
This Could Be Our Future by Yancey Strickler: 9780525560845 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
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That ‘individual responsibility’ idea is present in so many messages from awareness campaigns: the idea that it is our duty to reach out to loved ones and services for help; the suggestion that mental health support should come in the form of a ‘service’ at all; the emphasis on individual tools like therapy, meds, self-help, mindfulness and apps to
... See moreDazed • This New Book Asks Whether Capitalism Really Is Driving Us All Crazy
the loss of these small groups, in favor of nation-level organization of atomized individuals, has had serious consequences for human welfare and human agency. We are missing a layer of organization essential for our happiness.
Sarah Perry • Gardens Need Walls: On Boundaries, Ritual, and Beauty
From the return of co-living spurred on by the increasingly realized benefit of living close to friends and family, to the growing presence of grassroots community initiatives like Neighborhood Trade School, mutual aid fridges, and community gardens, it’s clear that we’ve begun to recognize the potency of solving problems with collective solutions... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
one way to manifest positive externalities is to consider the success of others as your own.